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Dave Rhea replied on October 10, 2008 17:23 to the question "Widgets and SEO" in Widgetbox:

Mark,

No, this option is not available for developers at this time.

Brady replied on October 09, 2008 16:53 to the question "in widgetbox analytics, what does the term "hits" mean?" in Widgetbox:

Funny timing on this question - our new developer reports call hits "widget views" now. It is captured upon the loading of the widget on the page it was embedded on.

dosomething replied on October 08, 2008 16:42 to the question "in widgetbox analytics, what does the term "hits" mean?" in Widgetbox:

Thanks much, appreciate the quick response!

Dave Rhea replied on October 08, 2008 15:46 to the question "in widgetbox analytics, what does the term "hits" mean?" in Widgetbox:

Yes, we offer Hits as one of our metrics available to developers.

Justin Thorp replied on October 08, 2008 13:50 to the question "in widgetbox analytics, what does the term "hits" mean?" in Widgetbox:

Hasn't the industry as a whole moved away from the use of "hits" as a metric? Is that what you guys use?

Justin Thorp replied to "Widgets and SEO", but it was removed. see the change log

A comment on the discussion "Cool but... Don't wanna take the time to enter all the stuff I buy" in RecallCast:

Yeah, a widget could make sense here. The only challenge is in the search terms -- I'm just getting the data via RSS, so the data's only as good as what I get from the gov'ment. If you're Apple, and you want to let people know when the iPhone has a recall, having a search for iPhone would work pretty well. But if your model number is "KAD-1241," that wouldn't (with the current engine) match "KAD1241," so I guess it depends on how accurate the releases from the government are. I'm with ya, though.

As for affiliate marketing, that's what the big white rectangle is for ;)

That said, this isn't so much intended to be a business as it is to be a useful tool that might make sense for more paranoid types of people. I did it in a week, more for karma than for anything else, but getting some hosting dollars out of it would be nice ;) – M. Jackson Wilkinson, on October 06, 2008 15:07

Justin Thorp replied on October 06, 2008 14:59 to the discussion "Cool but... Don't wanna take the time to enter all the stuff I buy" in RecallCast:

This is what I think about all day so... heh...

What if you made a widget that e-commerce sites could stick next on their product pages. It could say something like "Wanna know if a product like this gets recalled? Enter your e-mail info here."

For a biz model, you could do some type of affiliate marketing. If someone enters infant formula, you could sell them something related.

M. Jackson Wilkinson replied on October 06, 2008 14:55 to the discussion "Cool but... Don't wanna take the time to enter all the stuff I buy" in RecallCast:

And to some extent, it doesn't need to be super-specific. Entering "infant" or "child' might make sense for a new parent, and would catch a lot, but that might not be a bad thing. If you own a car, you might want to watch your car model.

I should make some better suggestions on the main alerts page...

M. Jackson Wilkinson replied on October 06, 2008 14:50 to the discussion "Cool but... Don't wanna take the time to enter all the stuff I buy" in RecallCast:

I think it's more relevant for the food and drug products that you might use on a regular basis, or for paranoid parents of small children -- that eye contact solution you use every day may have a recall, or your infant's formula may as well, and those are things you might want to know about.

But yeah, it's definitely a "set it and forget it" type of thing.

Justin Thorp started a conversation in RecallCast on October 06, 2008 14:44:

Cool but... Don't wanna take the time to enter all the stuff I buy

I think the idea of the site is interesting but I don't know if I'd use it. It'd take time to think of the things I'd use that I'd want to add plus I'm not sure I'd know what to add.

This seems like it'd be a great feature that Amazon.com could integrate into their site. I'd be surprised if they don't do it already.

How do you expect people to use it? Is this the kind of thing where you set it and forget it? Is it the kind of thing where I'm constantly interacting with it adding the new stuff that I buy?

Maybe for me in this case... I'm more of an "ignorance is bliss" kind of guy.

Thanks for letting me play with the beta!

Justin Thorp replied on October 01, 2008 17:36 to the question "Setting a different url to widget" in Clearspring:

You sure can. Go to the "publish tab" and then go to the page on Facebook.

zamergc@mac.com replied on September 30, 2008 17:24 to the question "i would like to manage the comments on my widget page...." in Clearspring:

i just sent you an email with the ID

thanks for your help =)

neham replied on September 30, 2008 16:31 to the question "Setting a different url to widget" in Clearspring:

But cant i specify a url that allows user to go to application install page when they click on the widget?

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Justin Thorp replied on September 30, 2008 15:59 to the question "i would like to manage the comments on my widget page...." in Clearspring:

thanks for posting the question. moderating comments currently isn't available. if you can e-mail me your widget id or WID, i'll work with tech support to disable comments, if that works. - justin@clearspring.com

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Justin Thorp replied on September 29, 2008 19:13 to the question "Setting a different url to widget" in Clearspring:

Neham, I see that the three images are overlapping which is fine.

I'd just put an absolute constraint around them so that the layout doesn't change when you change the size of the window.

What's happen is that the link that FB brings up is BIG and messes up how things look.

So... use CSS and a div tag to say that the html of the widget can only be a certain size.

neham replied on September 29, 2008 16:42 to the question "Setting a different url to widget" in Clearspring:

http://widgets.clearspring.com/cscall...

Justin Thorp replied on September 29, 2008 16:38 to the question "Setting a different url to widget" in Clearspring:

Neham, can you e-mail me the url of the widget?

thanks,
-justin
justin@clearspring.com